RCMP have charged a 27-year-old man from Sweetgrass First Nation after he resisted arrest during a traffic stop.
On Nov. 7, Battlefords RCMP received a report of a possible impaired driver on Highway #40 near North Battleford.
Officers began patrolling and located the vehicle, which they observed to be driving erratically. They started their emergency lights and performed a traffic stop. An officer approached the vehicle and asked the driver to exit the vehicle. After some time, the driver became agitated and exited the vehicle.
The officer told the man he was under arrest. The driver resisted and failed to comply with the officer’s requests. The officer deployed a conducted energy weapon and the man was arrested without further incident.
Following a search of the vehicle, officers located and seized a BB gun that closely resembled a handgun and brass knuckles.
The man was charged with impaired driving, failure to comply, possession of a weapon and resisting a peace officer.
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